Goaltenders

[Brian-Cleveland]

After seeing Cleveland Baron goalie Michael Leighton give up 7 goals on 20 shots, would it be possible to have the engine change goalies mid game? He gave up 5 goals on 13 shots in the first two periods and I'm sure that the Baron coach desperately wanted to make a switch.

Also, this also got me thinking, would it be possible to pull the goalie for a 6 on 5 situation? The owner would be able to predetermine the scenario based on his needs. Down by a goal with under a minute left. Down by two with under 2 minutes left. Whatever he wants.

On a side note, hopefully Leighton isn't this bad when he comes back in real life. Otherwise, Bobby's going to be playing 70 games in goal!

[Glenn-Philadelphia]

Nov 16, 2010 14:47:10 GMT -5 Brian-Cleveland said:

After seeing Cleveland Baron goalie Michael Leighton give up 7 goals on 20 shots, would it be possible to have the engine change goalies mid game? He gave up 5 goals on 13 shots in the first two periods and I'm sure that the Baron coach desperately wanted to make a switch.

Also, this also got me thinking, would it be possible to pull the goalie for a 6 on 5 situation? The owner would be able to predetermine the scenario based on his needs. Down by a goal with under a minute left. Down by two with under 2 minutes left. Whatever he wants.

On a side note, hopefully Leighton isn't this bad when he comes back in real life. Otherwise, Bobby's going to be playing 70 games in goal!

Well, the short answer is that it could be coded however there is nothing in the engine that currently deflates or inflates a goalies performance. I do plan on putting some of these minor things in to reflect a Patrick Roy exit of Montreal game and also for those nights that a goalie is pretty much unbeatable. For the latter I plan on using a simple formula to arrive at a goalies BIG SAVE rating based on his shutouts for a year divided by 2. As there is no incentive/disincentives for goalie performance, the current engine does not change goalies.

I may be adding some code to allow for goalie pulls and at the start, it most likely will be 1 minute or less left in the game and 1 goal down. I probably have 3-4 hours of work on that though so I am not sure when it will get implemented.